Any poisonous substance found in the roe or gonads of fish, but not in other parts of the fish.
1965 , Bruce W. Halstead , Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World: Vertebrates, Asano and Itoh (1962) have investigated the chemical nature of this ichthyootoxin and found it to be a lipoprotein which they designated as “dinogunellin.â€
1970 , United States Dept. of Defense , Poisonous and Venomous Marine Animals of the World , Ichthyosarcotoxin may also be found in the roe of fishes, but it is found in other Parts of the fish as well, whereas ichthyootoxin is limited to the roe.
2001 , Louis J. Casarett & ‎Curtis D. Klaassen , Casarett and Doull's Toxicology: The Basic Science of Poisons, This type of poisoning involves a group of ichthyootoxins found in the roe and ovaries of carp, barbel, pike, sturgeons, gar, catfish, tench, bream, minnows, salmon, whitefish, trout, blenny, cabezon, and other freshwater and saltwater fish.
